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Todd attended filmmaking classes at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and he currently lives in New York. Todd’s earlier short films include: Single Spaced , Slug 660 , Knuckleface Jones , and Hillbilly Robot .  Todd’s  three feature films are: The Guatemalan Handshake , The Catechism Cataclysm , and Nature Calls . 

In 2004, Nick along with Joe Pickett quit their day jobs to focus on production of their first feature documentary, Dirty Country .  They started the touring  The Found Footage Festival  show to fund the production of the documentary.   The Found Footage Festival  is a live comedy event and screening featuring unusual and humorous clips from VHS videotapes gathered from thrift stores, garage sales...

Since his arrival to Los Angeles in 2008, Haim composed the score for On The Inside and MTV's Teen Mom , and co-produced and orchestrated the score for the film Legion , starring Paul Bettany , and more recently scored the documentary Design & Thinking . Haim also worked as an orchestrator, music programmer and pianist the projects: 6 Souls , starring Julianne Moore , The Roommate , and the Americ...

Sam is a member of the New York City filmmaking collaborative, Red Bucket Films . Sam has acted in films such as  Mail Order Wife , The Pleasure of Being Robbed , and Creative Nonfiction . Sam’s art director credits include: Mail Order Wife , Puberty: The Movie ,  The Pleasure of Being Robbed , and The Wreck . Sam’s work as a production designer includes: Go Get Some Rosemary , Gimme the Loot , an...

Megan has worked in the independent film community for over a decade.  Megan  received her MFA in Film Production from the Ohio University School of Film . While in school  Megan  wrote and directed several award-winning student films including Not Waving but Drowning , a 2001 Student Academy Award nominee.  Megan's  first feature was First Aid for Choking , and Megan's second feature, The Off Hou...

Andrea has lived in Cuba, New York, Buenos Aires and Chile editing films and has also taught cinema. Andrea has worked on a variety of award winning features and shorts over the years.  These films include: Soccer Stories , Loco Fever and Violeta Went to Heaven for director, Andres Wood , and also the documentary, My Life with Carlos . Andrea  has more recently worked as film editor on the Iranian...

As bandleader of the jazz-based but far reaching Golden Arm Trio , Graham has repeatedly toured the country and released several critically acclaimed albums.  As Co-Artistic Director of Golden Hornet Project , Graham has produced more than fifty concerts of world-premier alt-classical music by more than sixty composers, as well as five symphonies, two concertos and countless chamber pieces of his...

Since graduating North Carolina School of the Arts , Chad has pursued all aspects of film. Chad was actor in the award winning feature Dance Party USA , he co-wrote an animated short nominated for the Student Academy Award , and he as behind-the-scenes videographer for David Arquette’s directorial debut, The Tripper , along with making short films, like Surprise . Chad  wrote and directed his firs...

After Graduating from the Louis Lumière Cinematography School , Emmanuel started very quickly to work as a director of photography on shorts, feature films, and advertising. Emmanuel is currently based in Paris, and shares his time shooting features and commercials.   Emmanuel  usually works in Japan, Lebanon, Ukraine, France, UAE and Africa. Emmanuel’s feature film work includes: The Old Dream Th...

Andrew is best known for working as a production designer internationally on the many feature films that he has made for over 25 years. Andrew has worked on films such as Sid and Nancy for Alex Cox , Stormy Monday for Mike Figgis , The Piano for  Jane Campion for which he won an AFI and BAFTA award, and Clockers for Spike Lee .  Andrew's more recent production design work over the years includes:...

Ron works as an editor, which he has done professionally for over a decade, and has experience as a shooter, editor, producer, sound designer, and colorist. Ron is New York based and has worked on everything from feature films and documentaries to commercials, television series, and music videos as well as short films and experimental art. Ron's documentaries include: Fade to Black , B.I.K.E. , an...

Leslie gained an Emmy nomination for the TV pilot to the David Lynch’s series' Twin Peaks and also worked on the films Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Lost Highway . Leslie’s other projects include: Shy People , The End of Violence , Hi-Lo Country , Forces of Nature , Big Bad Love , Stealing Harvard , and Our Very Own . Leslie  has also worked on other TV projects and series including: Everybody...

Beth gained a BAFTA nomination for her work on An Englishman in New York starring John Hurt .   Beth designed It’s Kind of a Funny Story starring Zach Galifianakis and the box office hit Drive , starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan , that premiered in competition at Cannes . Named as one of the Hollywood Reporter's "Production Designers To Watch,"  Beth  has worked on a number of award-winning...

Pierre is a Canadian cinematographer who has won and been nominated for multiple awards for his work, including Genie and Jutra Awards .  Pierre has worked on such films as: Eldorado ,  Lost and Delirious ,  The Art of War ,  The Covenant , The Rocket , and Polytechnique . Pierre  has also directed the television series Charlie Jade and TV movie The Last Casino . Pierre  has more recently worked o...

Lol's first feature credit was on an American independent film for Lance Hammer on  Ballast and also the feature, Better Things , which world-premiered at the Cannes Film Festival . Lol also worked on the acclaimed satire Four Lions , the Armenian road movie romance Here , and the Alaskan thriller On the Ice . He also worked on the acclaimed BBC miniseries The Crimson Petal and the White . Lol  re...

Adam transitioned from director-cameraman to cinematographer after working in the TV commercial genre.  In 1993, Adam photographed his first feature film, Ted Demme's first feature film, Who's the Man? .  Adam  has worked on an eclectic list of projects including: The Ref , Beautiful Girls , Monument Ave. , Jesus' Son , and Chrystal . The artful imagery he created for Bennett Miller's film, Capote...

Daniel Kamil and Emily Steffian have owned and operated the the Cable Car Cinema and Café in Providence, Rhode Island since 2008.  Previously, they started The Revival House Cinema and Cafe , a fifty-seat digital theater in Westerly Rhode Island that helped reinvigorate an under utilized downtown.  Daniel and Emily spoke with us about the about the current state of the independent cinema business...

Christopher  took his first job as a cutter in his own right for  Whit Stillman's  film  Metropolitan  in 1990, and also worked on  Whit’s film  Barcelona . Christopher’s  other earlier projects include:  Smoke ,  Blue in the Face ,  Kids ,  Flirting With Disaster ,  Gummo ,  Analyze This ,  The People Versus Larry Flynt , and  Man on the Moon . Christopher’s  later projects include:  The Yellow H...

For this special edition of the show, I was joined by Spoiler Alert Radio editor and co-producer Paul Elsnau to discuss the 2013 Academy Award short film nominees for the live-action, documentary, and animation categories. The films are packaged by Shorts International and are screened at cinemas around the world prior and following the Academy Awards ceremony.

Jon has traveled widely as an investigative journalist, and has made films for NBC , PBS , and HBO . Over the course of his career, he has won 15 Emmy Awards and three DuPont-Columbia Awards.   Jon  has reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Cuba, China, and Afghanistan. In 1972,  Jon  and his wife founded the Downtown Community Television Center , one of the country's...

Matt  holds degrees from Middlebury College and the directing program at the American Film Institute .  Matt's thesis film, The Honeyfields , was accepted at film festivals all over the world and won numerous prizes.  Matt  has been working in film for several years, including making documentaries for television on topics ranging from politics to resident doctors to the youth in Serbia during the...

Richard has been editing in film and television for over twenty years.  Some of Richard's film credits include: 2 Seconds , Maelstrom , Chaos and Desire , The Marsh , Mambo Italiano , The Five of Us , A Family Secret , Truffe , The Necessities of Life , Polytechnique , and City of Shadows . One of  Richard's  most recent films is the Oscar nominated film, War Witch , about Komona, a 14 year old gi...

Benoit is best known for the soundtrack of the Oscar nominated, animated film, The Triplettes of Belleville , for which he won a Cesar Award for Best Music Written for a Film as well as a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music. The song Belleville Rendez-vous , in particular, earned him an Academy Award nomination as well as a Grammy Award nomination. Benoit composed the score f...

Kasper has cut more than 20 feature films, including Truly Human , Flies on the Wall , and Cecilie .  Kasper also cuts commercials, documentaries and television series.  Kasper  has edited episodes of the internationally acclaimed series The Killing and Borgen . Kasper  has recently contributed to the editing of Simon And The Oaks and edited the films: Terribly Happy , Fighter and the Golden Globe...

Danny in 2007 received a  BAFTA  television award nomination for Best Photography and Lighting for his work on Longford , and another in 2008 for Joe's Palace .  Danny  also received a shared an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Movie for John Adams , directed by Tom Hooper . Danny's other film and television credits include: Dead Man's Shoes , Pierrepoint: The L...